Metro Inc.

MRU.TO (TSX: MRU) TSX
Sector: Consumer Defensive · Industry: — · Exchange: TSX
98.59 +0.100 (+0.1%) Market cap: $20.80B
52-week range low 87.44 · May 26, 2026high 100.81 · Dec 1, 2025

At a glance

Price chart

Split- and dividend-adjusted. All three lines are rebased to 100 at the start of the range, so the chart compares moves, not prices. L marks a LONG plan, S a SHORT plan — each links to that session's day page.

PriceComposite (XIU.TO, proxy)Sector fund (iShares S&P/TSX Capped Consumer Staples Index ETF (XST.TO))
MRU.TO price, 1M +10% +0% -1% Oct 13, 2026 Nov 12, 2026 Volume
MRU.TO price, 6M +14% +0% -2% May 13, 2026 Nov 12, 2026 Volume
MRU.TO price, 1Y +22% +0% -9% Nov 11, 2025 Nov 12, 2026 Volume
MRU.TO price, 5Y +88% +0% -22% Nov 12, 2021 Nov 10, 2026 Volume
Monthly closes (table version, last 5 years)
Monthly closes, adjusted
MonthClose
2021-1267.32
2022-0167.99
2022-0266.16
2022-0371.96
2022-0470.61
2022-0569.86
2022-0669.09
2022-0770.91
2022-0869.08
2022-0969.17
2022-1071.37
2022-1177.36
2022-1274.97
2023-0172.22
2023-0270.87
2023-0374.34
2023-0477.22
2023-0571.41
2023-0674.82
2023-0770.97
2023-0869.64
2023-0970.54
2023-1070.44
2023-1168.01
2023-1268.59
2024-0170.59
2024-0273.48
2024-0372.72
2024-0470.42
2024-0572.63
2024-0675.79
2024-0782.22
2024-0884.66
2024-0985.49
2024-1082.69
2024-1191.23
2024-1290.15
2025-0190.81
2025-0295.72
2025-03100.07
2025-04106.24
2025-05107.04
2025-06106.97
2025-07105.95
2025-0898.44
2025-0993.47
2025-1093.49
2025-11100.26
2025-1298.79
2026-0190.39
2026-0297.19
2026-0395.18
2026-0491.06
2026-0588.47
2026-0690.68
2026-0793.18
2026-0888.02
2026-0989.95
2026-1097.04
2026-1198.59

The Composite is proxied by XIU.TO (iShares S&P/TSX 60 Index ETF); the database holds no Composite index series. The sector fund is a fund, never the index.

Performance

Over the past year the stock is up 4.7% against +20.0% for the Composite — 15.3 points behind.

Returns by period; 3Y and 5Y are annualized
Metric1W1M3M6MYTD1Y3Y5Y
Stock-0.9%+9.1%+9.6%+11.9%-0.2%+4.7%+9.8%+8.6%
Sector fund (XST.TO)+0.8%+9.1%+3.7%+11.4%+8.7%+17.0%+15.5%+12.6%
Composite (XIU.TO, proxy)+1.8%+2.8%-0.1%+9.4%+16.1%+20.0%+22.0%+10.5%
Difference vs Composite-2.7%+6.3%+9.6%+2.5%-16.3%-15.3%-12.2%-1.9%

3Y and 5Y are annualized from 3Y. The Composite is proxied by XIU.TO; the sector fund is iShares S&P/TSX Capped Consumer Staples Index ETF (XST.TO).

Risk and trading

1-year volatility +18.8% (annualized); largest fall from a peak -13.3% (Dec 1, 2025 to May 26, 2026); beta 0.23 against the Composite (2Y weekly).

Risk and trading, prices to Nov 12, 2026
Volatility (1Y, annualized)+18.8%
Maximum drawdown (1Y)-13.3% (Dec 1, 2025 to May 26, 2026)
Beta (2Y weekly, vs Composite)0.23
Average daily volume (3M)644,838
Dollar volume (3M, average per day)$59.4M
LiquidityHigh (High: $1M or more a day; Moderate: $100K or more; Low: under $100K, by average daily dollar volume.)

Valuation

P/E 23.4 — lower than 46% of Consumer Defensive peers (35 companies). The sector median P/E is 22.0.

Valuation multiples, snapshot Nov 12, 2026
MultipleValueAgainst sector peers
P/E (TTM)23.4 Lower than 46% of peers (35 companies; median 22.0)
Earnings yield4.27%—
P/B2.96 Lower than 34% of peers (35 companies; median 2.24)
P/SNot available: Not available — needs TTM revenue; see financials.—
EV/EBITDA14.0 Lower than 17% of peers (23 companies; median 10.0)
Dividend yield1.65%—
Payout ratioNot available: Not available — no stored dividend history yet.—

Each multiple is shown against the sector median of the pages' universe as a percentile: "lower than 25% of peers" means the value sits below 25% of them. Valuation multiples are from the Nov 12, 2026 snapshot, and are always printed with that date.

More: dividend rate and earnings yield

Dividend rate: 1.63. Earnings yield is earnings per share divided by price — the inverse of P/E.

Financials

Revenue $22.01B in 2025 (TTM $22.48B); net income $1.02B; free cash flow $1.21B. Reporting currency: CAD.

Annual figures, last 4 fiscal years, plus TTM
Metric2022202320242025TTM
Revenue$18.89B$20.72B$21.22B$22.01B$22.48B
Gross margin20.0%19.7%19.7%19.9%—
Net income$846.1M$1.01B$928.8M$1.02B$899.1M
Free cash flow$840.4M$883.6M$1.10B$1.21B$1.12B
Diluted shares236,594,000228,653,000222,414,000214,748,000—

Revenue by year

2022202320242025

Free cash flow by year

2022202320242025
Balance sheet, latest annual row
Cash$67.3M
Total debt$4.60B
Debt-to-equity0.65
Operating margin (latest snapshot, Nov 12, 2026)6.3%

Figures as reported in stored financials; reporting currency CAD. Operating margin is not stored per year, so the latest snapshot value is shown. TTM covers 2025-09-30, 2025-12-31, 2026-03-31, 2026-06-30.

Dividends and splits

Pays a 1.65% trailing dividend yield (as of Nov 12, 2026). No splits on record.

Dividend history, last 5 years
YearDividend per share
Not available: No stored dividend history yet.

Trailing yield 1.65% is the stored key-stats snapshot value (as of Nov 12, 2026) — the dividend history itself is not stored yet, so no history table is shown.

Split history (from the split inventory)
DateActionRatio
Not available: No splits on record for this ticker.

Next ex-dividend date: Not available: No stored ex-dividend dates for equities. Prices on the chart are split- and dividend-adjusted (no splits on record, so nothing to adjust).

Ownership and dilution

Insiders bought 0 times and sold 2 times in the 90 days to Nov 12, 2026. Shares outstanding fell 3.4% over 1 year.

Ownership, insider window 2026-08-14 to 2026-11-12
Insider buys (90 days)0
Insider sell (90 days)2
Shares outstanding change (1Y)-3.4%
Shares outstanding change (3Y)-9.2%
Held by insiders0.16%
Held by institutions46.56%

Counts are by filing date. Holdings are from the key-stats snapshot (as of Nov 12, 2026).

Recent insider trades (10)
Filing dateTypeNameSharesPriceValue
Sep 22, 2026OTHERBOIVIN (PIERRE)2465.22$2K
Sep 8, 2026OTHERRIVET, SIMON2,65041.31$109K
Sep 8, 2026SELLRIVET, SIMON2,65064.84$172K
Sep 4, 2026OTHERTADROS (ALAIN)96041.14$39K
Sep 4, 2026SELLTADROS (ALAIN)96065.24$63K
Aug 31, 2026OTHERMETRO INC.100,00063.61$6.4M
Aug 27, 2026OTHERMETRO INC.100,00064.63$6.5M
Aug 21, 2026OTHERMETRO INC.50,00065.02$3.3M
Aug 18, 2026OTHERMETRO INC.50,00062.47$3.1M
Aug 17, 2026OTHERMETRO INC.100,00061.96$6.2M

Peers

Peers in Consumer Defensive, by market cap: WMT.TO, COST.TO, PG.TO, ZYNS.TO, NSTL.TO, L.TO, DOL.TO, WN.TO.

Peers in Consumer Defensive, by market cap (prices to Nov 12, 2026)
TickerPrice1Y %Market capP/EEV/EBITDADiv yield1Y vol
WMT.TO52.44—$1309.28B46.8——+26.6%
COST.TO48.43+17.1%$633.07B53.259.40.54%+20.3%
PG.TO27.52—$509.35B25.5——+21.5%
ZYNS.TO27.00+24.7%$422.13B29.3——+29.1%
NSTL.TO26.14+9.6%$113.38B871.3——+22.6%
L.TO69.35+22.7%$80.14B31.216.60.90%+22.2%
DOL.TO220.42+16.7%$59.15B44.333.60.21%+25.3%
WN.TO111.30+29.0%$41.66B45.410.01.16%+21.2%

Each row links to its own page when one exists. Peer 1Y returns and volatility use raw closes; peer splits are unadjusted.

analiti.ca history

No published plans for this ticker.

Every published plan for this ticker (outcome under the full ladder; first exit shown second)
DateSideEntryStopFirst exitExitsOutcome (full ladder)First exitHold
Not available: No published plans for this ticker.

The full ladder is the headline method: 40/30/20% at the three exits, the last slice held to stop or end. First exit credits the whole position at the first exit level. Full history: the track record.

Superstock score

No Superstock score published for this ticker. The score is the published Superstock screen score — nothing else.

Sector condition: Consumer Defensive — Leading (as of Nov 5, 2026). Superstock screen.

Key dates

Next earningsNot available: No company release or exchange notice in the stored data — stored dates are Yahoo-sourced, so none is shown.
Last earningsAug 12, 2026 · EPS 1.24
Next ex-dividendNot available: No stored ex-dividend dates for equities.

The next earnings date is shown only from the company's own release or an exchange notice, with a link. The stored last-earnings date is Yahoo-sourced.

Sources and data notes

BlockSourceAs of
prices, chart, performance, riskdaily_prices (Yahoo)Nov 12, 2026
valuation, market cap, ownershipyahoo_key_stats snapshotNov 12, 2026
financialsfinancials (Yahoo)Jun 30, 2026
plans, resolutionspublished entries-*.json + track-record.jsonNov 12, 2026
insidersinsider_trades (SEDI filings)Nov 12, 2026
splitsSplit inventory (interim table)Nov 5, 2026
sector conditionconditions-2026-11-05.jsonNov 5, 2026
Superstock scoresuperstock_checks + superstock.jsonNov 12, 2026

Not available rules. A field older than its freshness limit shows "not available", never a stale number: prices, 3 trading days; fundamentals, 120 days after the fiscal period end plus 45 days. Valuation multiples are always printed with their snapshot date.

Data file: /data/t/MRU.TO.json · Markdown twin: /t/MRU.TO.md

Facts and published history only. Plans are generated by a quant model.